Planning and Activities
Fiction
English Year 3 Summer Stories on a Theme
Emotions
Outstanding texts – King of the Sky and Perfect – enable a particularly creative and stimulating Block, taking in dialogue punctuation and using paragraphs. Explore complex emotional issues and express feelings through writing.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
Unit 1 Core: Read, predict, analyse, discuss a story dealing with emotions
(suggested as 4 days)
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential texts
King of the Sky by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin
Websites
Trailer for the theatrical version of King of the Sky by Pontardawe Arts Centre from YouTube.com
Interview with illustrator Laura Carlin from vimeo.com
Unit 2 SPaG: Using and punctuating direct speech
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential texts
King of the Sky by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin
Websites
The King of Rome, story told in song from YouTube.com
Longer version of the song The King of Rome from YouTube.com
Version for singing yourselves from ultimate-guitar.com
Unit 3 Comprehension: Read and compare stories dealing with emotions
(suggested as 4 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
You Will Need
Essential texts
Perfect by Nicola Davies and Cathy Fisher
King of the Sky by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin
Websites
All from YouTube.com:
Video of a swift in flight
Video of a swift being nursed and returned to flight
Video of Nicola Davies talking about Perfect
For background reading, read this beautifully written article about swifts, written by Katherine Rundell (Author of The Explorer and Rooftoppers, amongst others), from the London Review of Books.
Unit 4 SPaG: Organising paragraphs around a theme
(suggested as 3 days)
Planning and Activities
SPaG: Grammar and Punctuation
You Will Need
Essential texts
King of the Sky by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin
Unit 5 Composition: Writing stories based on King of the Sky
(suggested as 4 days)
